Friday 17 March 1922, St. Patrick's Day

It was Friday, under the sign of Pisces. The US president was Warren G. Harding (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Megan Bull and Eugène Descamps.
Die Geburt des Antichrist, directed by Friedrich Feher, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1922
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Books

An excerpt from The North American Review, Volume 215: NOVEL-WRITING, despite some signs to the contrary, makes real progress as an art; but it is not often that the new art is combined with the old magic so effectively as ...

Alongside William Faulkner and John Updike, Booth Tarkington is one of just three authors to win the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Tarkington accomplished the feat with Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons, dramas that explored the lives of fictional ...